USB mice

[Teilhard Knight]

> > >
> > >> It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new hardware
> > >> leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the option to 
> > >> use
> > >> an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to make a USB mouse 
> > >> to
> > >> work. The OS broadly supports serial mice and hardly PS/2 mice, both
> > >> almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB mice supported by FreeBSD?
> > >>
> > >> Teilhard.
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> > > Currently all three systems which run FreeBSD have USB mice, two of 
> > > them
> > > just plain Logitech optical mouses, the third is a Logitech MX 300, 
> > > but
> > > every other mouse should work when you have enabled moused. Try plugin
> > > in
> > > the mouse when FreeBSD is up and running, it should detect it
> > > automatically
> >
> > It didn't work. Actually I have a little more than a USB mouse, I have a
> > wireless mouse and wireless keyboard which are both controlled by a
> > central
> > unit which plugs into an USB port in the computer. The keyboard works
> > well,
> > with the option of booting with an USB keyboard, but I cannot make the
> > mouse
> > work. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Teilhard.
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>
> load the ums module by typing these  command. you need to be root though.
>
>
>
> # kldload ums
> # moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto
>
> then see if the mouse daemon is running using top or ps.
>
> ---
> if this does not work you may have to rebuild yoru kernel with the
> following options
>
> device ohci
> device ums
> --------------
>
> Thanks. Upon issuing the command:
>
> # kldload ums,
>
> I get:
>
> 'kldload: can't load ums: file exists'.
>
> But if I go to /dev, ums is not present. Are you sure kldload is the right
> command?
>
> Teilhard.
>
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i am positive.
The message basically means that the ums module is already. You can
check this by issuing the command

# kldstat

Yes, I have found it. It is under /usr/src/sys/modules. Shouldn't it be 
under /dev? The second command you ask me to perform gives an error: 'no 
such device ums0'. What should I do now?

Teilhard